report in Dawn, October 7th, 2023SWAT: The police and security forces foiled a major terrorist bid by recovering a huge cache of weapons here the other day, a senior official claimed. Addressing a press conference at the Mingora police station, district police officer Shafiullah Gandapur said the weapons were recovered in a search and strike operation in Qadirabad area of Malam Jabba. Mr Gandapur said the seizure included a suicide jacket, 10 hand grenades, a…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 7th, 2023QUETTA: Counter-terrorism officials killed two militants belonging to the banned Baloch Liberation Army in an exchange of fire in the Hazar Gangi area. A CTD spokesman in a statement on Friday said that an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Shalkot Hazar Ganji area against the banned BLA and a plot of terrorism was foiled by killing two militants and recovering arms, ammunition. The spokesman said the CTD…
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, October 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: In a fact-finding report over the occurrence of blasphemy cases in Sargodha district, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has pointed out the misuse of mosque loudspeakers and pulpit to press for FIRs against the Christian community and instigate violence against them. The HRCP fact-finding mission report titled, ‘Mob violence and the social ostracisation of the Christian community in Sargodha’ released here on Friday, demanded the…
by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges confronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all illegal immigrants including Afghan refugees to leave the country or face forceful expulsion. The government took the decision after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Afghan nationals. According to a statement released…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers met in Tibet on Thursday amid tensions as the Foreign Office clarified that the crackdown against illegal immigrants was not against a particular nationality. As tensions deepened between the two neighbours, caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in China’s Tibet Autonomous region. Both were there to attend an international conference. A brief statement…
report in Dawn, October 5, 2023ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: A day after the federal government gave illegal immigrants the deadline to leave Pakistan by Nov 1, police in Islamabad and Quetta detained over 700 foreign nationals for allegedly living without legal documents. In a statement, an Islamabad police spokesperson said 1,126 people were interrogated during the operation, and 503 were allegedly found to be living illegally. They were booked under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act…
by Ismail Khan in Dawn, October 5th, 2023PESHAWAR: With a looming deadline to repatriate more than a million undocumented Afghans and other foreigners by the end of this month, federal and provincial authorities are scrambling to put together a viable plan to undertake what could safely be described as one of the biggest deportation operations in modern times. Following up on the recommendations of the apex committee of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sept 27, the federal…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, October 5th, 2023QUETTA: Two Pakistani nationals, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and two others injured on Wednesday when an Afghan sentry opened “unprovoked” and “indiscriminate” fire at pedestrians at the Chaman border crossing, the military said. The incident happened when people were crossing over into Afghanistan through the Friendship Gate, officials said. The incident took place hours after Kabul described as “unacceptable” Islamabad’s ultimatum to all undocumented immigrants, including…
by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, October 5th, 2023LAHORE: The expected return of Nawaz Sharif remains the talk of the town, but legal opinion on what he can and cannot do upon his return seems to be divided. Criminal lawyers believe that Mr Sharif would have to go straight to prison, while sources within the PML-N’s legal team suggest they have ‘a way out’ and that the three-time former PM would not be required to…
report in Daily Times, Oct 5, 2023The establishment has accepted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s narrative and backed off from politics, a top party leader said Wednesday. In a news conference, PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said that Nawaz’s narrative has been accepted and the establishment announced openly that it would not interfere in politics any more. “The establishment and the judiciary will have to cooperate to take the country’s economy forward,” the…
By Malik Asad in Dawn, October 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Special Court (Official Secrets Act) seized with the cipher case against former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is likely to indict both Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Oct 9, it emerged during their trial behind bars on Wednesday. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which had submitted the challan to the court last month, declared both leaders as principal accused in…